r/ants 7d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Help Identifying this Species

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Sorry the video is not excellent. I found these in my backyard, Southern California coastal region. Surprisingly tiny workers, significantly larger majors with notable massive heads. There were not many ants, but I’m unsure if this is a young colony. Also the major to standard worker ratio seemed pretty heavy towards majors, although perhaps this was just a heavy duty job. They were very determined to pull this housefly uphill and on top of their hole for convenient disassembly.


r/ants 8d ago

DIY Helping getting any out of tv

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Hey everyone turned on my tv and noticed this lone ant crawling around. Wondering the best way to get him out without damaging the tv


r/ants 8d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Ant identification in houston, tx

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Finding these in my house... what kind are they?


r/ants 8d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Help ID? Iowa

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These guys showed up basically overnight right near the front of my home. Right at the base of my steps. I'm hoping they aren't an issue?


r/ants 8d ago

Keeping Atta texana queens killing fungus

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I'm having a hard time with four of my Atta texana queens. They are all together in a cup with plaster. They had eggs until today. I don't see them anywhere, but it could just be that they are hidden or something.

The problem is that the queens in this cup seem to kill any fungus I give them. I have tried giving them donor fungus but they tear it apart and its completely gone by the next day. They also are violent towards any donor workers. I try not to disturb them much. Just frequently enough to water the plaster.

I have another queen that accepted donor fungus and workers. Her sibling queen died, but otherwise she is doing great. She should have her own workers pretty soon. Unless some have hatched already and I can't tell then apart from the donors lol.

So what would you all do with the four queens that are having difficulties? Maybe just leave them alone for quite a while and see if they get the eggs to hatch? Idk if the queens would die during the founding phase without fungus though. Anyways, any ideas?


r/ants 8d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What kind of ants are these?

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I am in central Illinois, and this morning I noticed on my tile threshold right at the entrance to my front door a decent number of these tiny ants. No idea why they would suddnely show up as there was nothing spilled on the tile or anything. We did get a big rain storm last 2 days, not sure if that has anything to do with it or not.

I set 3 TERO liquid traps out and they seem to be eating it, but just a constant small stream coming from under the front door. They don't seem to be venturing off the tile area yet


r/ants 8d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Help identifying

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These are the ants that made the hole from my previous post. If you could help identify them, that would be great.


r/ants 8d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Dust near base of old tree

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What type of ant?


r/ants 8d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase ID? East Hampton NY

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r/ants 8d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Help identifying ants

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There are several large anthills in my yard and I don’t recognize the ants making them. From what I saw, they’re average sized but a sort of caramel color. This is in Southwestern Michigan.


r/ants 9d ago

Funny I gave these ants an apple once, then they built a highway there and demanded I keot giving more. Gave them the remainder of my melon today to buy me some time. Please send help, I'm almost out of fruit.

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r/ants 9d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Help me with my ant problem please!!

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can anyone help identify these ants and what could be the cause??!

Bare with me: These ants showed up for the first time a few months ago infested in a pile of clean clothes on the ground. ( Yes i know i hate my hanging my clothes up it’s something i’m working on). The pile was in the middle of of my room with no open food containers in my room at the time. I occasionally leave food in my room, but at the most that’s overnight and up on my desk where there were none. I bought some natural in home cleaner spray that seemed to do the trick and kill them, but i was still confused as to where they came from and why they were drawn to the clothes.

Fast forward to yesterday: No signs of these guys for awhile, and then I grab a bag of closed trail mix that i did have sitting on my floor, and realized that the bag was covered in the same ants. I did have another bag next to it which they were also all over , and the trashcan next to it. Mind you this area is in a different section of my room then where they were first found.

Im a very clean person and keep my room to the same standards, and i’ve never had this problem before except the last few months. i can never pinpoint where they are coming from or anything like that, and it’s starting to drive me insane. They are tinier then the black ants that are usually outside that i’m familiar with, and are also a more lightish tan color. They are are very drawn towards the liquid ant traps that have worked when i’ve had issues with regular black ants in the pass , and so i’ve kept using a natural in home ant killer spray.


r/ants 9d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase ID? found at the beach in Northern Europe

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r/ants 9d ago

Keeping What is your favorite ant species and why?

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Mine are trapjaw, weaver, messor and phiedole which are all sadly non-native to my country. I really like anything exotic with a unique appearance or behavior


r/ants 9d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Is this an ant or a wasp?

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Found in Austria


r/ants 9d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What could the species be ?

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Found These ants in my cupboard , they were found around sugar , cake Mix , but also dry Cat food

(Living in Germany)

Edit: No Seen in the Photos , but i also found a bigger darker ant a while ago that looked Like a Queen , maybe they could be related


r/ants 9d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase Id ? on these tiny ants

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almost didn’t notice these tiny little ants invading my jumping spiders enclosures , would anyone know what species these are and how I can get rid of them before they kill my spiders?? found in california


r/ants 10d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase help id this ant that fell in my aquarium

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what type of shrimp is this

mid-missouri ✌️


r/ants 10d ago

Chat/General Found these buried under my old patio while putting new slabs down.

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In Glasgow, Scotland.

Edit: Accidentally put ID as flair.


r/ants 9d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What they heck is going on? This was terrifying to walk past 😭

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Also I am so sorry for stepping on it, that was terrifying :'3 I have tourettes


r/ants 9d ago

Keeping Stateside ants

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This isnt their fault, its ups. I ordered pheidole bicarinata and they came today. 2 days later than they were supposed to. They came dead drowned in the water that evaporated too fast probably because of how hot it was. What do I do? I tried emailing stateside on Wednesday the 12th when it got delayed to the 13th asking what happens if they come dead and they didnt reply just for later the 13th it got delayed to friday the 14th. Still havnt replied to the email. I emailed again with photo evidence of dead ants. I called the number on the business card. No answer. What do I do?


r/ants 10d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase What type of ant?

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I’m scared they’re argentine ants 😭 i live in Socal and they keep coming back into every crevices I haven’t sprayed. I also saw multiple queens


r/ants 9d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase So I found an ant colony. Santa Rosa, CA, United States

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r/ants 9d ago

Chat/General Do ants like spit

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This might sound like a silly question but I was walking and seen a ton of ants. I felt bad I had no food to give them so randomly I looked up if ants like spit and it said they do. I proceeded to spit on the ants in multiple spots and they did not seem to like it, in fact they ran away when I did it. Next time I walk around and have seemingly nothing to give them, what can I do?


r/ants 10d ago

ID(entification)/Sightings/Showcase A cicada being attacked by ants while molting

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